APPENDIX 339 



OTTTLINE FOR A COMPOSITION ON "POULTRY MAN- 

 AGEMENT" 



To Be Written by First- Year Poultry Club Members. 



Introduction: 



What is the best way to start in the poultry business? 

 Discussion: 



(a) Name the three leading classes of poultry: 



(b) Name three breeds of each of the three classes. 



(c) Which in your opinion is the best breed for the farm? Why? 

 Housing: 



(a) What are the two systems used? 



(b) Which is the best system for the farm? Why? 



(c) Where and how should the house be located? 



(d) When should yards be used? 

 Feeding: 



(a) How soon would you feed little chicks after they are hatched? 



Why? What should you feed them? 



(b) What would you feed them after they are weaned? 



(c) What would you feed the laying hens? 

 Management: 



(a) Explain why the mother hen should be kept up in a coop while 



the chicks are small. 



(b) Tell how and why the brood coops and houses should be 



cleaned often. 

 Marketing: 



(a) Tell how eggs should be marketed, so as to get the highest 



prices. 



(b) What is an infertile egg? Tell how it is produced. 



(c) Does the infertile egg keep longer than the fertile egg? 

 Conclusion: 



Why should girls and boys be active members of Poultry Clubs? 



OUTLINE FOR A COMPOSITION ON "MY EXPERIENCES 

 WITH POULTRY" 



To Be Written by Second- Year Poultry Club Members 



Introduction: 



How I started in the poultry business. 

 Discussion: 



(a) "The breed which I selected and why I selected it." 



(b) Tell how the eggs were set, and how you managed and fed 



the sitting hen during the period of incubation. 



(c) Tell how the chicks were managed and fed during the brood- 



ing period. 



Housing: 



(a) If you have built a house, tell about the kind, where it is 

 located, with reference to the direction which it faces, and 

 the cost and time required to build it, if possible. 



